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THOMAS LEANDRA HERRING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordThomas Leandra Herring, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 24
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- SAMUEL HENRY HOWARDSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- WALLACE WILSON LEEPERChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.